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NEWCASTLE CREATIVE WRITERS


Ricci Schwarzler – Tent
The crows called in the distance. Waaing their way across the grey green sky. Wha whaaaa. We were snuggled in the old canvas tent...
Ricci Schwarzler
Apr 14, 20252 min read


Kevan Smith – Tent
‘Yeah, I like tents. I used to travel with my family, as a kid, up and down the NSW coast. Even up to 10 years ago a friend and I would go camping. Sometimes we would be naughty enough to venture as far inland as Tamworth.’ ‘Well, Kathmandu has a sale on. Go buy one.’ ‘Triffic, a nice big one with bedroom and eating areas, maybe a couple of outside awnings.’ It’s now the 20s, we can go travel for a couple of days at a time. Let’s see, that’s a good stove and the la
Kevan Smith
Apr 14, 20251 min read


Jeanette Abery – Tent
‘That’s mine – that’s my tent’ said the boy pointing to the smallest tent on the camping site. How many animals fit into the tent?...
Jeanette Abery
Apr 14, 20251 min read


Elaine Abery - Tent
“It’s true. I lived in a tent for a year.” “A whole year, uninterrupted?” “Of course. A year’s a year… I don’t have any of the chicken...
Elaine Abery
Apr 14, 20251 min read


Vesna McMaster - Ocean View
‘I’ll book it in tentatively.’ ‘There’s no point beating around the bush. There no other time. Either we do it then or we don’t do it at all.’ She turns aside and mutters: ‘Maybe we won’t’. ‘What?’ ‘Nothing. So you’re OK with the ocean view room?’ ‘Uh huh. No point going to the seaside and looking out onto a car park.’ ‘No point getting married and having the sex life of a fossil but some people still do it.’ ‘What?’ ‘I said a cark park would be awful, dear. W

Vesna McMaster
Apr 14, 20252 min read


Carol Gano – Tents
When Elle was in Year 10 at Burwood Girls’ High) she and I moved to Portland, Oregon USA for a year to determine if she wanted an...
Carol Gano
Apr 14, 20252 min read


Michael Collins - Tent
I am somewhat tent-ative about writing about tents. Still, I must say, I have nothing against them... per se. I have several. I have had...
Michael Collins
Apr 14, 20251 min read


David Gairdner - Tent
‘Hi I am Tent. Part of Unusual Names Anonymous. I implore you all to introduce yourselves.’ ‘Hi I’m Uluru, formerly known as Ayers.’ ...
David Gairdner
Apr 14, 20251 min read
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